Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files

[Dale]

David W Noon wrote:
> That's easy: if you know you are going to reinstall after deleting,
> just take a backup copy of those files you have modified, which is
> usually only the one configuration file.  After the reinstallation,
> restore from your backup.
>
> Alternatively, you can switch the suggested option to "off", either on
> the command line or in /etc/make.conf.
>
> This is a fairly rare occurrence, and it should be planned -- including
> the making of a backup.
>

For me, wanting the config files removed is what is so very rare.  As to 
the backups, I make backups but not before every time I emerge/unmerge 
something.  Requiring users to do all that is worse than just deleting 
the config files manually.

Dale

:-)  :-)